Recent content by Mygrain

As of 6/24/26 Rivian is still doing employee deliveries at the factory. I was at the factory yesterday for my R2 demo drive. Four R2s were parked out front (no license plates or temporary tags). I asked if they were all employee deliveries, and the answer was yes. He said employee deliveries...

Here's a photo I took April 2nd of the R2 prototype in the factory lobby. Definitely silver.

On the eve of R2 customer deliveries, I want to look back at how Rivian prioritized the first several months of R1S deliveries. Three years ago, I pulled R1S delivery data from the delivery tracking thread on this forum, put the data in EXCEL, and made a scatter plot of reservation (pre-order)...

I suspect my favorite feature will be the matrix (adaptive) headlights.

I have a service appointment for the morning of June 9th at the Normal service center (which is located behind factory security gates). SOP is: I'll park my R1S at the visitor entrance to the factory, take a seat in the factory lobby, and a Rivian employee will shuttle my vehicle back to the...

From FAQs: "... you’ll pick it up at your nearest Rivian Service + Demo Center." "... however we are not offering factory pickup at this time." Wait, I live 12 miles from the factory and my nearest SC is at the factory. But customers are not allowed to set foot in the Normal Service Center...

Availability of paint at the factory in Normal may not be the issue. I suspect that some body-color parts -- like exterior mirror covers and exterior door handles -- are painted by suppliers. If the supplier (which could be somewhere in Asia) is slow to provide forest green R2 mirror covers...

My garage currently has R1S, Ioniq 5, and Model 3. We're considering replacing my wife's I5 with an R2. I found the photos useful.

The storage drawer that I bought to replace the camp speaker. Now I can't even remember how to unlock it.

Panel alignment on the tailgate of the white one looks better than the R2 displayed in the factory lobby. (I was in the lobby last week to pick up my R1S after the Normal service center replaced a damaged tire. I took a few pics of the R2 -- which was roped off - while I waited.)

The GVWR for all versions of the R1 were/are conveniently a few pounds over the 8500 pound threshold for the American Automobile Labeling Act. So, Rivian didn't/doesn't have to disclose the percent U.S./Canadian content of R1 vehicles on the Monroney label (window sticker). The NHTSA website...

Form submitted. Day 1 reservation. Mentally prepared for another Rivian lottery and more fantasy delivery estimates.

Rivian lists 4 different places that you can book a demo drive in an R2. And they're all in the Chicago metro area. Thanks, Rivian.

I would be happy to do demo drives. I live in Bloomington, IL (across town from the Rivian factory). I have a Comma 3X in my '23 Gen1 R1S quad. @Mygrain

Cheer up. Maybe they'll return in a year or two. To wit, we thought we'd never see Launch Green again.